diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
index 4227dc4f7437d51c8171709a7e09eef46a09f8cd..8c44654ce2748ae1acf03442c6cc9b31b48b440b 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
@@ -417,12 +417,12 @@ int jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal_t *journal)
  * journal_clean_one_cp_list
  *
  * Find all the written-back checkpoint buffers in the given list and
- * release them.
+ * release them. If 'destroy' is set, clean all buffers unconditionally.
  *
  * Called with j_list_lock held.
  * Returns 1 if we freed the transaction, 0 otherwise.
  */
-static int journal_clean_one_cp_list(struct journal_head *jh)
+static int journal_clean_one_cp_list(struct journal_head *jh, bool destroy)
 {
 	struct journal_head *last_jh;
 	struct journal_head *next_jh = jh;
@@ -436,7 +436,10 @@ static int journal_clean_one_cp_list(struct journal_head *jh)
 	do {
 		jh = next_jh;
 		next_jh = jh->b_cpnext;
-		ret = __try_to_free_cp_buf(jh);
+		if (!destroy)
+			ret = __try_to_free_cp_buf(jh);
+		else
+			ret = __jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint(jh) + 1;
 		if (!ret)
 			return freed;
 		if (ret == 2)
@@ -459,10 +462,11 @@ static int journal_clean_one_cp_list(struct journal_head *jh)
  * journal_clean_checkpoint_list
  *
  * Find all the written-back checkpoint buffers in the journal and release them.
+ * If 'destroy' is set, release all buffers unconditionally.
  *
  * Called with j_list_lock held.
  */
-void __jbd2_journal_clean_checkpoint_list(journal_t *journal)
+void __jbd2_journal_clean_checkpoint_list(journal_t *journal, bool destroy)
 {
 	transaction_t *transaction, *last_transaction, *next_transaction;
 	int ret;
@@ -476,7 +480,8 @@ void __jbd2_journal_clean_checkpoint_list(journal_t *journal)
 	do {
 		transaction = next_transaction;
 		next_transaction = transaction->t_cpnext;
-		ret = journal_clean_one_cp_list(transaction->t_checkpoint_list);
+		ret = journal_clean_one_cp_list(transaction->t_checkpoint_list,
+						destroy);
 		/*
 		 * This function only frees up some memory if possible so we
 		 * dont have an obligation to finish processing. Bail out if
@@ -492,7 +497,7 @@ void __jbd2_journal_clean_checkpoint_list(journal_t *journal)
 		 * we can possibly see not yet submitted buffers on io_list
 		 */
 		ret = journal_clean_one_cp_list(transaction->
-				t_checkpoint_io_list);
+				t_checkpoint_io_list, destroy);
 		if (need_resched())
 			return;
 		/*
@@ -505,6 +510,28 @@ void __jbd2_journal_clean_checkpoint_list(journal_t *journal)
 	} while (transaction != last_transaction);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Remove buffers from all checkpoint lists as journal is aborted and we just
+ * need to free memory
+ */
+void jbd2_journal_destroy_checkpoint(journal_t *journal)
+{
+	/*
+	 * We loop because __jbd2_journal_clean_checkpoint_list() may abort
+	 * early due to a need of rescheduling.
+	 */
+	while (1) {
+		spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+		if (!journal->j_checkpoint_transactions) {
+			spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+			break;
+		}
+		__jbd2_journal_clean_checkpoint_list(journal, true);
+		spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+		cond_resched();
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * journal_remove_checkpoint: called after a buffer has been committed
  * to disk (either by being write-back flushed to disk, or being
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index b73e0215baa7ceeb0dbfd3a77c79d5d498231e60..362e5f614450e53e2b407b988b4b70254a193ca2 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 	 * frees some memory
 	 */
 	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-	__jbd2_journal_clean_checkpoint_list(journal);
+	__jbd2_journal_clean_checkpoint_list(journal, false);
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 
 	jbd_debug(3, "JBD2: commit phase 1\n");
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index fe1b4bdecdfa5f5e4aadfbfbd1493db5896ecf4b..8270fe9e3641eb52521ef288ee46047559835bfb 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -1693,8 +1693,17 @@ int jbd2_journal_destroy(journal_t *journal)
 	while (journal->j_checkpoint_transactions != NULL) {
 		spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 		mutex_lock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
-		jbd2_log_do_checkpoint(journal);
+		err = jbd2_log_do_checkpoint(journal);
 		mutex_unlock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
+		/*
+		 * If checkpointing failed, just free the buffers to avoid
+		 * looping forever
+		 */
+		if (err) {
+			jbd2_journal_destroy_checkpoint(journal);
+			spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+			break;
+		}
 		spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index edb640ae9a948b4b84f927a41c8e1df1cabbd4c5..eb1cebed3f36e84a6d93791670797749f65a73fa 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -1042,8 +1042,9 @@ void jbd2_update_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid, unsigned long block);
 extern void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *);
 
 /* Checkpoint list management */
-void __jbd2_journal_clean_checkpoint_list(journal_t *journal);
+void __jbd2_journal_clean_checkpoint_list(journal_t *journal, bool destroy);
 int __jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint(struct journal_head *);
+void jbd2_journal_destroy_checkpoint(journal_t *journal);
 void __jbd2_journal_insert_checkpoint(struct journal_head *, transaction_t *);